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Sarpsborg 08 v Viking : Eliteserien match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 12th Jul, 18:15 BST, Sarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg

Morten Jensen pays counterpart Even Sel a visit on Sunday evening in the Eliteserien, as their Viking and Sarpsborg 08 sides face each other at the Sarpsborg Stadion. We want to see our users winning on this match, so every stats you could realistically need to make a sound selection is shown below. Switch between seventeen markets or take our top tip. We have predictions, head-to-head analysis and the best odds for each one.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Sarpsborg or Viking are in the sort of form that would leave us feeling very confident in tipping a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The stats tell us that both have a proven record in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 75% chance of two goals or more.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 47% chance of Viking coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Sarpsborg 27%	3.90 3%	-
Draw 25%	3.90	-
Viking 47%	1.73 2%	-
Draw 1-1 12%	8.00 6%	-
Viking 1-0 11%	11.00 8%	-
Viking 2-1 9%	8.50	-
Viking 2-0 8%	11.00	-
Sarpsborg 1-0 8%	17.00 11%	-
Draw 0-0 7%	19.00 10%	-
Sarpsborg 2-1 7%	13.00 13%	-
Draw 2-2 5%	12.00	-
Viking 3-1 5%	12.00	-
Sarpsborg 2-0 4%	26.00	-
Viking 3-0 4%	15.00	-
Viking 3-2 3%	19.00 12%	-
Sarpsborg 3-1 2%	29.00	-
Sarpsborg 3-2 2%	29.00	-
Viking 4-1 2%	23.00 10%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	1.50 4%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	2.50 7%	-
Home 1st Goal 44%	2.30	-
Away 1st Goal 52%	1.57	-
No 1st Goal 5%	19.00 10%	-
BTTS - Yes 53%	1.50	-
BTTS - No 47%	2.50	-
BTTS - Home Win 13%	6.50 8%	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	4.75 6%	-
BTTS - Away Win 21%	3.00 4%	-
Home/draw 53%	2.05 2%	-
Away/draw 73%	1.25 2%	-
Home/away 75%	1.25	-
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	1.14 1%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	5.50 8%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	2.20 5%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	1.62 3%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	3.75 7%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	1.25 3%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	7.00 8%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1.10 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1.02	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	19.00 10%	-
Home DNB 45%	3.25	-
Away DNB 65%	1.33	-
Sarpsborg win to nil 14%	9.00 10%	-
Viking win to nil 26%	3.75	-
Sarpsborg / Sarpsborg 13%	6.50	-
Sarpsborg / Viking 4%	19.00	-
Sarpsborg / Draw 6%	15.00	-
Draw / Sarpsborg 9%	9.50	-
Draw / Viking 16%	5.00	-
Draw / Draw 12%	7.00	-
Viking / Sarpsborg 3%	29.00	-
Viking / Viking 31%	2.63	-
Viking / Draw 6%	13.00	-

Win / draw / win Eliteserien table

Sarpsborg have played 11 matches so far this season and are in 7th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

4 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 1 and won 1. Sarpsborg have conceded 7 goals, scored 3, failed to score in 2 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Sarpsborg have played 5 games at home, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 5 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Viking lay in 1st place on 27 points in the Eliteserien league table having played 10 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 10 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 0 and losing 1 game. They have scored 29 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Viking have conceded 10 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Viking have played 5 away games, winning 4, drawing 0 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.8 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Sarpsborg Viking
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Viking	10	9	0	1	19	27	Jul 12	Aug 8	-	-
2	Tromsø	13	7	4	2	4	25	l 0-1A	Aug 30	Oct 25	Nov 22
3	Bodø	11	7	2	2	17	23	d 1-1F	Dec 13	w 5-0F	Nov 1
4	Lillestrøm	11	6	1	4	6	19	Nov 22	l 4-0A	Sep 20	Jul 22
5	Molde	11	6	1	4	5	19	w 2-1F	Aug 2	w 4-1F	Dec 6
6	HamKam	10	5	2	3	1	17	Jul 26	Nov 8	Dec 13	l 2-1A
7	Sarpsborg	11	4	2	5	-3	14	-	-	Aug 8	Jul 12
8	Sandefjord	11	4	2	5	-3	14	Aug 16	w 0-2F	Jul 18	Sep 4
9	Vålerenga	11	4	2	5	-4	14	Sep 7	l 3-2A	Nov 29	w 0-1F
10	Fredrikstad	11	4	2	5	-5	14	w 2-1A	Sep 13	Oct 18	w 1-2F
11	Brann	12	4	1	7	4	13	Dec 6	w 1-2A	w 3-2F	Oct 11
12	KFUM	11	3	3	5	-5	12	Sep 18	l 1-0A	Nov 8	w 0-2F
13	Aalesund	11	2	5	4	-5	11	Oct 25	Oct 11	Aug 29	Jul 26
14	Kristians.	11	3	2	6	-7	11	Nov 1	Jul 18	Sep 13	w 1-2F
15	Rosenborg	11	2	3	6	-9	9	Oct 18	l 2-1F	w 3-0F	Aug 14
16	IK Start	12	1	4	7	-15	7	d 1-1A	Nov 29	w 6-3A	Aug 1

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Win / draw / win form

Viking have won 9 consecutive league games

Viking have not lost in 9 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sarpsborg	2 - 1	Molde
Sarpsborg	2 - 1	Fredrikstad
Sarpsborg	0 - 1	Tromsø
Sarpsborg	1 - 1	Bodø
Sarpsborg	1 - 1	IK Start
Sarpsborg	1 - 0	Molde
Sarpsborg	0 - 2	Fredrikstad
Sarpsborg	2 - 1	KFUM
Sarpsborg	2 - 5	Bodø
Sarpsborg	3 - 3	Viking
Sarpsborg	2 - 1	Sandefjord
Sarpsborg	0 - 1	Kristians.
Sarpsborg	1 - 4	Brann
Sarpsborg	2 - 2	Rosenborg
Sarpsborg	3 - 1	Haugesund
Sarpsborg	1 - 1	Bryne
Sarpsborg	0 - 1	Tromsø
Sarpsborg	4 - 0	HamKam
Sarpsborg	2 - 3	Strømsgodset
Sarpsborg	1 - 1	Vålerenga

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Sarpsborg	2 - 1	Brann
H	Sarpsborg	2 - 1	Molde
A	Sarpsborg	2 - 3	Vålerenga
H	Sarpsborg	2 - 1	Fredrikstad
A	Sarpsborg	0 - 4	Lillestrøm
A	Sarpsborg	0 - 1	KFUM
H	Sarpsborg	0 - 1	Tromsø
H	Sarpsborg	1 - 1	Bodø
A	Sarpsborg	1 - 2	Rosenborg
H	Sarpsborg	1 - 1	IK Start
A	Sarpsborg	2 - 0	Sandefjord
H	Sarpsborg	1 - 0	Molde
A	Sarpsborg	3 - 0	Bryne
H	Sarpsborg	0 - 2	Fredrikstad
A	Sarpsborg	0 - 4	Tromsø
H	Sarpsborg	2 - 1	KFUM
H	Sarpsborg	2 - 5	Bodø
A	Sarpsborg	3 - 2	Rosenborg
H	Sarpsborg	3 - 3	Viking
A	Sarpsborg	1 - 2	Strømsgodset

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

20 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

0 / 20

Won

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Kristians.	1 - 2	Viking
KFUM	0 - 2	Viking
Fredrikstad	1 - 2	Viking
Vålerenga	0 - 1	Viking
HamKam	2 - 1	Viking
Fredrikstad	0 - 1	Viking
Strømsgodset	1 - 2	Viking
Tromsø	1 - 3	Viking
Sarpsborg	3 - 3	Viking
KFUM	2 - 2	Viking
Sandefjord	1 - 2	Viking
Bryne	1 - 3	Viking
Brann	3 - 1	Viking
Rosenborg	1 - 1	Viking
Molde	0 - 1	Viking
Bodø	2 - 4	Viking
Kristians.	0 - 1	Viking
Haugesund	1 - 4	Viking
HamKam	2 - 5	Viking
Vålerenga	3 - 1	Viking

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

20 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

0 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Viking	2 - 1	Kristians.
H	Viking	6 - 3	IK Start
A	Viking	2 - 0	KFUM
H	Viking	3 - 0	Rosenborg
A	Viking	2 - 1	Fredrikstad
H	Viking	3 - 2	Brann
H	Viking	5 - 0	Bodø
A	Viking	1 - 0	Vålerenga
H	Viking	4 - 1	Molde
A	Viking	1 - 2	HamKam
H	Viking	5 - 1	Vålerenga
A	Viking	1 - 0	Fredrikstad
H	Viking	3 - 0	HamKam
A	Viking	2 - 1	Strømsgodset
H	Viking	5 - 1	Bryne
A	Viking	3 - 1	Tromsø
H	Viking	3 - 0	Brann
A	Viking	3 - 3	Sarpsborg
H	Viking	1 - 0	Molde
A	Viking	2 - 2	KFUM

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Viking have not lost to Sarpsborg in 7 consecutive away league meetings

Sarpsborg

Viking

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 10

Clean sheets

2 / 10

S08

VIK

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sarpsborg
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
	1 - 2	Viking
	1 - 3	Viking
	0 - 1	Viking
	1 - 2	Viking
	1 - 2	Viking
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Sarpsborg	3 - 0
Sarpsborg	1 - 0
	0 - 2	Viking

Viking

Sarpsborg

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 10

6 / 10

Clean sheets

4 / 10

3 / 10

S08

VIK

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Viking
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Viking	1 - 0
Viking	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Sarpsborg
	1 - 2	Sarpsborg
Viking	3 - 0
Viking	2 - 1
Viking	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Viking	3 - 1

Goal Statistics

Viking have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 33 consecutive Eliteserien games. Their PG of 1.5 against Sarpsborg 08 on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Sarpsborg 7th	Viking 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Sarpsborg will score no more than 1 goal	0 21% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 79% probability that Viking will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-12 Sarpsborg have scored 12% fewer goals at home than predicted	+16 Viking have scored 16% more goals when away than predicted
	1.5 average goals scored	2.1 average goals scored
	1.6 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Eliteserien - 2026/2026 season

S08

VIK

49%

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Games scored	8		10
Failed to score	3		0
Scored first	4		8
Goals scored	13		29
Avg. goals scored	1.2		2.9
Avg. shots per game	8		12
Avg. shots per goal	7		4
Conversion rate for	14		24
Avg. XG for	1.7		2.4
KickOff rating		+49%

S08

VIK

40%

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Games conceded	10		6
Clean sheets	1		4
Conceded first	7		2
Goals conceded	16		10
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	16%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.7		1.2
KickOff rating		+40%

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Sarpsborg Eliteserien squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
11	3	3	4
A. Hiim	V. Halvorsen	S Sörli	M. Ndiaye

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A. Hiim DEF	11	1		1 -
B Utvik DEF	11		1	1 -
A Nibe MID	11	1		-
V. Halvorsen MID	11	3	1	-
S Sörli FWD	11	2	3	1 -
D Karlsbakk FWD	11	3		1 -
N. Williams FWD	11		1	-
M. Ndiaye GLK	10			3 1
C Niyukuri DEF	10	1	2	-
B. Guèye MID	10			-
E Wichne DEF	9			1 -
A Sher MID	9	1		1 -
S Christiansen MID	9	1	1	1 -
M Ödegaard DEF	6			1 -
S Rosted DEF	6			-
J Berget MID	5			1 -
M. Opoku FWD	3		1	-
M. Svenningsen-Grønn MID	2			-
L Øy GLK	1			-
N. Skuseth DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	9	3	4
V. Halvorsen	D Karlsbakk	S Sörli	S Sörli

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
V. Halvorsen MID	3	4	1	1
D Karlsbakk FWD	3	9		1
S Sörli FWD	2	7	3	4
A. Hiim DEF	1	2		1
A Nibe MID	1	2		3
C Niyukuri DEF	1	2	2
A Sher MID	1	5		2
S Christiansen MID	1	4	1	1
B Utvik DEF		3	1	3
N. Williams FWD		3	1	1
B. Guèye MID		2
S Rosted DEF		2
J Berget MID				1
M. Opoku FWD		1	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
528	27	58
B Utvik	A. Hiim	B Utvik

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Utvik DEF	528	11	58
A. Hiim DEF	447	27	51
A Sher MID	444	16	45
M. Ndiaye GLK	356	1	8
S Rosted DEF	312	4	29
A Nibe MID	276	14	25
C Niyukuri DEF	257	17	51
S Christiansen MID	256	17	47
V. Halvorsen MID	222	15	31
S Sörli FWD	217	19	36
D Karlsbakk FWD	156	6	41
E Wichne DEF	128	15	22
N. Williams FWD	127	7	33
M Ödegaard DEF	50	1	1
M. Opoku FWD	40	5	15
J Berget MID	36	1	11
B. Guèye MID	29	4	9
L Øy GLK	23
M. Svenningsen-Grønn MID	9		1

Viking Eliteserien squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
10	6	13	4
H Heggheim	P Christiansen	Z Tripic	K Askildsen

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
H Heggheim DEF	10	3	2	3 -
H Falchener DEF	10	2	1	2 -
S Kvia-Egeskog MID	10	5	2	1 -
Z Tripic FWD	10	3	13	1 -
G Stensness DEF	9	3		3 -
K Haugen DEF	9	1	1	1 -
K Askildsen MID	9	3	1	4 -
O. Visted MID	9			1 -
P Christiansen FWD	9	6	3	2 -
N. Kemp Fuglestad FWD	9	2	2	-
H Haugen DEF	8			1 -
A Bærtelsen DEF	7			-
Ľubomír Belko GLK	6			-
V. Auklend DEF	6			-
S Björshol DEF	6	1		-
J. Hansen MID	6			-
J Bell MID	6		1	-
T. Séne Moi MID	5			1 -
E Austbö FWD	5			-
A Östbö GLK	4			-
V Vevatne DEF	1			1 -
V Berisha FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	10	13	12
P Christiansen	P Christiansen	Z Tripic	Z Tripic

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P Christiansen FWD	6	10	3	3
S Kvia-Egeskog MID	5	6	2	2
H Heggheim DEF	3	3	2	2
Z Tripic FWD	3	7	13	12
G Stensness DEF	3	7
K Askildsen MID	3	4	1	2
H Falchener DEF	2	3	1	1
N. Kemp Fuglestad FWD	2	4	2	1
K Haugen DEF	1	4	1	1
S Björshol DEF	1	2
O. Visted MID		3
H Haugen DEF		1
A Bærtelsen DEF		1
V. Auklend DEF				2
J Bell MID		1	1	1
T. Séne Moi MID		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
620	31	74
H Falchener	H Heggheim	H Falchener

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
H Falchener DEF	620	18	74
G Stensness DEF	499	8	56
Z Tripic FWD	472	6	43
K Haugen DEF	439	12	28
K Askildsen MID	328	14	42
H Heggheim DEF	315	31	69
J Bell MID	265	11	20
S Kvia-Egeskog MID	246	16	38
Ľubomír Belko GLK	185		1
T. Séne Moi MID	161	8	19
A Östbö GLK	157	1	2
A Bærtelsen DEF	134	4	17
P Christiansen FWD	103	8	36
E Austbö FWD	103	4	13
V. Auklend DEF	92	7	12
N. Kemp Fuglestad FWD	85	4	13
O. Visted MID	76	4	9
H Haugen DEF	75	2	17
S Björshol DEF	61	6	12
J. Hansen MID	41	1	5
V Berisha FWD	3